VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does varicella zoster virus mean? 

• VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (noun)
  The noun VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. the member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox

  Familiarity information: VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("varicella zoster virus" is a kind of...):

herpes; herpes virus (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)

 Context examples 

A contagious childhood disorder caused by the varicella zoster virus.

(Chicken Pox Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyclic guanosine analog with activity against varicella zoster virus (VZV) and other members of the herpesvirus family.

(Omaciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful, localized rash caused by reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus residing in nerve cell bodies, with resulting infection of the skin in the region supplied by the affected nerve.

(Herpes Zoster Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

An isothiazole derivative of 5-amino-3-methylisothiazolocarboxylic acid I with antiviral activity against human herpes simplex viruse types 1 and 2, and varicella zoster virus.

(Denotivir, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetically modified, autologous varicella zoster virus (VZV)-specific T-lymphocytes transduced with a retroviral vector encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific for the disialoganglioside GD2, which contains the signaling domains for the co-stimulatory molecules CD28 and CD134 (OX-40), and the suicide gene, inducible caspase 9 (iCasp9 or iC9), with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Autologous iC9-GD2-CAR-expressing VZV-specific T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)